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Rhizoma repens. Caulis ascendens, foliosus. Folia petiolata 
ovato-oblonga, breviter acuminata, membranacea, 9-17-nervia, 
5-11 cm. longa, 2-4 cm. lata ; petiolus &-4 cm. longus, basi in 
vaginam membranaceam tubulosam dilatatns. Sea pi. erecti, 10 cm. 
alti, vaginis lanceolatis acuminatis imbricatis obtecti ; racemus 
ovoideus vel oblongas, 2'5-5 cm. longus, donsiflorus. Bractem 
ovatae vel lanceolato-ovatae, acuu -mibescentes, 
12-18 mm. longae. Pedicelli 8 mm. longi, glandnloso-pubescentes. 
Sepala subaequalia, lineari-oblonga, subobtusa, basi eonniventia, 
dein la eyiter recurva, 3 mm. longa, extus glanduloso-pubescentia. 
Petala linearia, acuta, cum sepalo postico in galeam angustam 
subcohaerentia. Labellum 6 mm. longum, erectum, basi paullo 
fentricoBum, columnae marginibus laeviter adhaerens ; limbus 
oblongus, apice angustus, valide recurvus ; discus bicarinatus. 
Golumna clavata, 5 mm. longa. 
Madagascar. Warpur ; Baron, 6550,6753 ; Mauritius, sum- 
mit of the Pouce, in dense woods, Ayres. 
Flowered at Kew in December, 1901, the plant having been 
rolh'cte.] by Mr. Warpur. The flowers are light green with a 
Whitish lip. The Mauritian specimen, which is in fruit only, waa 
referred to Platylepis i/mx/i/eruifP.-t, A. Rich., by Spencer Moore 
(Baker PI. Maurit. p. 339), but, as Bentham has noted on the 
sheet, it differs in the shape of the bracts and venation of the 
leaves. It seems identical with the Madagascar plant. 
290. Cypripedium Wilsoni, Rolfe; affine G. fasciolato, Franch., 
sed fiore majore et labello ovoideo nee globoso differt. 
Caules 30-40 cm. alti, puberuli, foliosi. Folia subsessilia, late 
elliptica vel orbiculari-elliptica, acuta vel breviter acuminata, 
plicata, minutissime puberula et ciliolata, 9-16 cm. longa, 4-12 cm. 
lata. Flores maximi, terminales, solitarii. Sepalum posticum 
ovatum, acuminatum, 6 cm. longum ; lateralia paullo angustiora, 
apice breviter fissa. Petala anguste oblonga, acuminata, 6-7'5 cm. 
longa. Labellum maximum, late ovoideum, obtusum, 6*5-7 cm. 
longum, ore crenulato. Golumna 1 cm. longa ; staminodium 
cordato-ellipticum, concavum, 2 cm. longum. Gapsula ellipsoidea, 
glanduloso-pubescens, 3-5 cm. longa. 
Western China. Szechuen ; Meng Hu Kang, a pass between 
Wantung and Mosimien, on the main road from Tzutati to Tatienlu, 
in woods, under dense shade, at 2400 m. alt., E. H. Wilson, 4581. 
The largest-flowered species known. Mr. Wilson describes the 
sepals and petals as alternately striped with yellow and chocolate, 
and the lip as pale yellow with chocolate spots. 
LII -SOUTH AMERICAN BEECHES. 
The number of species of Fagus inhabiting South America is 
variously estimated, but there are at least four that , sum, mit a= 
Jtinct. Thev are F. ; '-intarcttca, 
Porst, F. obligua, Mirb., and F. P to quite a 
recent date only two of them were cultivated in English garden^ 
viz., F. betulaides and F. antarctica the two species which 
constitute so large a part of the sombre forests of lierra del 
